{"product_id":"clearing-the-bases-the-greatest-baseball-debates-of-the-last-century-9780312302535","title":"Clearing the Bases: The Greatest Baseball Debates of the Last Century","description":"\u003cp\u003eWho was better, Mickey Mantle or Willie Mays? At their peak, who was more valuable, Joe DiMaggio or Ted Williams? If Lefty Grove, Sandy Koufax, and Roger Clemens had pitched at the same time against the same hitters, who would have won the most games? \u003cbr\u003eIf Jackie Robinson had been white, would he be deserving of the Hall of Fame? Who was the greatest all around player of the last century? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eClearing the Bases\u003c\/i\u003e is the first book to tackle these and many other of baseball's most intriguing questions and offer hard, sensible answers---answers based on exhaustive research and analysis. Sports journalist Allen Barra, whose weekly sports column By the Numbers has earned millions of readers in the\u003ci\u003e Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e and whose outspoken opinions in Salon.com are discussed regularly on National Public Radio, takes on baseball's toughest arguments. Using stats and methods he developed during his ongoing tenure at the\u003ci\u003e Wall Street Journal, \u003c\/i\u003e Barra takes you to the heart of baseball's ultimate question---Who's The Best?---in this, the ultimate baseball debate book, one guaranteed to spark thousands of heated debates and to supply the fuel for thousands more.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Allen Barra\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martin's Griffin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/23\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.26h x 5.54w x 0.74d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780312302535\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAllen Barra\u003c\/b\u003e writes a column for the \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSalon.com\u003c\/i\u003e. He is a frequent contributor to the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and is also heard regularly on Major League Baseball Radio. He lives in South Orange, New Jersey\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Griffin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":39952794255475,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":22.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_9ff84ef0-8457-401f-9b3c-c9ad8ef5deef.jpg?v=1648565766","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/clearing-the-bases-the-greatest-baseball-debates-of-the-last-century-9780312302535","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}